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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.

Their rage the hostile bands restrain,
All but the

ruthless

monarch of the main.

Pope.

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Ruth′less-ly

adv.

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Ruth′less-ness

Noun.

Adj.

Cruel; pitiless; barbarous; insensible to the miseries of others.

Their rage the hostile bands restrain, all but the ruthless monarch of the main.